Luke Hopkins

Minor amputations aren't so minor. Well done @pennybir for publishing this study using HES data in @BJSurgery to show us what happens in the long term to patients we take toes off🦶academic.oup.com/bjs/advance-ar… @ChetterIan @ellieroseatkins @Jonnyboyle1 @adpherwani

@doctorhelgi @ShaunLintern bmj.com/content/369/bm…

Did you know that graduated compression stockings have never been shown to work, and increase the rate of skin problems. …and we still spend £63m per year on stockings. #WinterSymposium22

Want to live in a vibrant city and develop your open vascular surgery? Come join us in Cardiff!!! jobs.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/job/UK/Cardiff… #cardiff #RCSeng #RCSed #ESVS #vascularnews #vascularsurgery #ejves #BJS #NHS #NHSjobs #openvascularsurgery

Come join the South East Wales Vascular Network as a Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery, in UHW, Cardiff. 👇 nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Cardiff… @lewismeecham @CV_UHB

Clinical Lecturer/Resident Surgical Officer applications now live! Three vacancies for our sought-after surgical PhD/MD programme @SwanseaMedicine. x2 positions Feb 22, x1 Aug 22. Closing date 3rd Jan. Apply here, contact for more details: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse… Please RT!

How the man on the left saved the man on the right with cellophane. Thread.

@sir_ginger @AmbarishSatwik @stimpaHawke Great story!

@AmbarishSatwik @Luke__Hopkins @stimpaHawke

@sir_ginger @TwineVasc @NorthBristolNHS @bbw_vn @NatalieCondie2 @GarnhamAndy @adpherwani @BrooksMedBris @wynglewis @DrMahim @VascularKGJ @jonathan_ghosh Sharing wisdom acquired in Swansea!

@TwineVasc @NorthBristolNHS @bbw_vn @Luke__Hopkins @NatalieCondie2 @GarnhamAndy @adpherwani @BrooksMedBris @wynglewis @DrMahim @VascularKGJ @jonathan_ghosh I hope @Luke__Hopkins knows what he’s doing 😂😂

Congratulations @DaveRobinson90 on passing your PhD viva! Very well deserved. A successful academic surgical career awaits. 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻@CUmedicengage @HEIW_NHS

Pleased to see this released this week. We know stress and burnout is a huge problem but establishing causation will hopefully allow the development of countermeasures. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e…

Delighted our paper on surgical team dynamics, harassment and bullying has now been published @RCSnews publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.130… @DaveRobinson90 @Luke__Hopkins @PowArG07 @wynglewis @MrRJEgan @ResearchWelsh @LutonOliver @jodylparker @EBarlow92 @TazAbdel

A nice #humanfactors and #MedEd #RCT on cognitive simulation before procedures, measured using current procedure assessment tools. Showed improvement in 11/16 performance domains. #openaccess #some4surgery @ASiTofficial doi.org/10.1093/bjsope…

Excellent thread on harnessing expert knowledge that they may not be able to access in the moment...

Appointed a new member to the @SwanseabayNHS vascular unit today. Fantastic new recruit. Welcome to the team Amy @stimpaHawke 👏👏👏

A surgical take on the multilingualism question - The Wittgenstein effect on consultant surgeon differential attainment @DaveRobinson90 @Luke__Hopkins @PowArG07 @Dr_Chris_Brown @MrRJEgan @wynglewis @ResearchWelsh publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.13…

And how long to continue treatment for:

How do you manage patients with COVID related arterial thrombosis? Vignette: acute limb thrombosis 2ndary to COVID, managed conservatively with LMWH, no other cardiac disease mandating anti coagulation. Planning for discharge. What do you give to go home with?

@stimpaHawke @Luke__Hopkins @LutonOliver @nickmowbray13 @nicolalreeves @dr2bex @beamishaj @Paul_Blake01 @KellieBatman @Dr_Chris_Brown @osianp @AzelBotes @sir_ginger @louisflig @Vicki_Bevan22 @MsZoeBarber @SarahSgorse @PowArG07 @EBarlow92 @hwhewell_2012

So how to surgical trainee specialties compare to kindergarten children? #designchallenge @katie_mellor_ @LutonOliver @osianp @DaveRobinson90 @PowArG07 @Luke__Hopkins @MrRJEgan @J00464268 @wynglewis @EBarlow92 @DrHannah91 authors.elsevier.com/a/1cPrc6tEErTI…

Are better organised surgical trainees more likely to be successful? In a word, "yes". @ASiTofficial @RCSEd pmj.bmj.com/content/early/…